2024-01-22 12:45:00
Shoji Morimoto started his career “renting out” himself as a companion to customers who don’t want to do activities alone since 2018 and has achieved great success. It has been hired more than 4,000 times.
Morimoto only stopped collecting fees from customers in September. last year and released a book documenting his experiences from his work. It has also been translated into English as “Rental Person Who Does Nothing” and was released in early January. this
Shoji Morimoto, the man who provides “rent-it-yourself” services
Morimoto talks about his experiences meeting many different types of customers. There are situations ranging from the most mundane to the most bizarre, such as a female customer who has to let him watch her follow her husband’s behavior online on a dating site. without him having to do anything Besides sipping tea and watching her various reactions while following her husband’s trail,
A 39-year-old man with an unusual career writes in his book: He was hired to accompany a customer who was preparing to file divorce papers, and was hired to wave goodbye to a customer from a train station platform. and was hired to sit and wait for customers at the finish line of a marathon race
Some customers just want him to wave goodbye from the train station platform.
Morimoto compares his work: “It’s like watching television,” and he really enjoys it. Both in the position of “Service provider”
Still, the young man, who has a wife and a son, said there are some jobs he absolutely won’t accept, such as having sex with customers. and going with a friend to see a concert of an artist he doesn’t know
Morimoto believes that this career is a perfect fit for him who has an introverted personality. His customers just wanted someone to sit with while they were doing their activities. Without asking for much, or simply saying, didn’t want him to do anything more than just sit around together.
In one aspect He also found it funny that so many people wanted to use his services. He points out that his low-key and often overlooked personality has become a coveted “commodity.”
However, his career has been criticized quite a bit. Someone called him a Morimoto says he doesn’t mind those insults, adding that the adjective “new era” makes him feel good.
Morimoto initially charged 10,000 yen (about 2,408 baht) for self-rental services at a time), and later increased this to 30,000 yen (about 7,225 baht).
But he said that since September In the past, he no longer charged customers for service fees. Just request reimbursement for travel expenses, food-drink expenses, and others during the actual service. and emphasize that they will only talk with customers about general matters.
A young man posted a message on his X (Twitter) saying that he is now spending with his savings. What he was doing was not serious business. And if it is good, it should be seen that he does this work more for entertainment.
Source: businessinsider.com
Photo credit: X / @morimotoshoji
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